Flights Minneapolis → Wichita
MSP → ICT
Route overview
The flight route from Minneapolis to Wichita has a punctuality rate of 77%, with an average delay of 14.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 105 flights, serving the busy destination airport which handles around 1,534,965 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Minneapolis (MSP) → Wichita (ICT) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 135 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 10.5/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Wichita the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Wichita: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Minneapolis (MSP) to Wichita (ICT) heads south-west for about 877 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 31m.
Departures from Minneapolis on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 84% of MSP-ICT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Minneapolis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Wichita it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 135 tracked MSP-ICT flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 0.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about MSP-ICT
On the Minneapolis (MSP) -> Wichita (ICT) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 135 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Minneapolis-Wichita is 0.74% across 135 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
